2021/05/02

Public Office for the Breton language "satisfactory financial situation"

The regional chamber of accounts has just released its report on the Public Office for the Breton language. The document states a "satisfactory financial situation" but makes some recommendations.
"This is the first time, since the creation of the Public Office of the Breton Language (OPLB) in 2010, that we have undergone a control by the regional chamber of accounts, but we thought that this would happen one day", underlines Philippe Jacques, director of the structure based in Carhaix. The control was carried out between January and June 2020 and covers the period between 2016 and 2020. “Two room inspectors worked full time in our offices for six months,” he explains. A pre-report was submitted to the office during the summer. "The 60-page final report was given to us at the end of the year." Before the report was made public on Monday morning, however, it had to be presented to the directors, which was done on Friday. Remember that the OPLB, which is part of the implementation of the language policy in favor of Breton defined by the Region, is funded by eight public partners who all sit on the board of directors (the State, two regions and five departments), in addition to the town of Carhaix, where the office is located, rue Félix-Faure.